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to match. Marguerites and lily of the valley were also used with this 
combination for a young girl's luncheon. 
For the luncheon of a yachting party, a skiff was suspended over the 
table, some five feet long. The hull was formed of water lilies, filled with 
adiantum. The favors were oars, made of foliage. A tank, made of 
ferns and greens, also decorated the center of one table, and was filled 
with pond lilies. 
A green dinner : The center of the table was occupied by a mirror, 
partially concealed by the beautiful bank of ferns surrounding and over- 
growing the supposed pool. A wax swan can be added when desired, and 
a canopy of smilax can hang from the chandelier over the table, from 
which a cupid or mermaid can be suspended. This has the appearance of 
diving in the liquid pool. (The edges of the glass should be so puttied 
that it will allow of a thin sheet of water on it.) Flat baskets of the 
same for the smaller table (for this purpose small two-inch pot plants of 
ferns are best, as they do not wilt so easily as the cut fronds), with a 
fairy lamp embedded inside, with the delicate fern fronds well up around 
it. White shades are the prettiest to use, but this depends on the taste ; 
pink shades could be used with a pink table cloth, with the foliage of 
green as described. Rex begonias w r ork in beautifully in these fern effects, 
as also allamauda Schotti or Hendersonii, arranged loosely with lycopodi- 
ums and croton leaves. The favors were small crescents of Perle roses, 
with bow of satin of same shade. Cut glass and silver combine beauti- 
fully with lilies and pink roses. A vase of flowers, standing on a beveled 
mirror, with asparagus sprays for frame of mirror, is a pretty decoration. 
Pea blossom luncheons are appropriate for young girls ; use sweet 
peas and mignonette, with pale pink cover ; clusters of the same for fav- 
ors. Cherry, peach, apple and pear blossoms are beautiful for this pur- 
pose, as well as the double crab-apple and double peach and pear. Mag- 
nolias form a lovely spring arrangement. 
A large flat basket of roses occupied the center of a table ; the roses 
were arranged in clusters, which were distributed before leaving the table 
to the guests ; favors of moss roses and violets. 
A rich center piece consisted of a plant of adiantum Farley ense, with 
the drooping fronds well over the pot ; clusters of lily of the valley and 
Roman hyacinths rose up through the billowy fronds. This was set in 
an exquisite dish of silver, resting on a cream plush mat ; the favors were 
of lily of the vallej^ with a frond of Farleyense fern. In strong contrast 
to this, yet beautiful, was an arrangement of grasses, field buttercups and 
daisies. You pay your money and you take your choice ! 
Sea foam dinner : On a plush mat of sea-foam tint, arrange adiantums 
of different kinds — for instance, adiantum bellum, cuneatum and Far- 
le3'ense, with asparagus plumosa and tenuissimus. The menu card had a 
few fronds in crescent form encircling the card, tied with white satin 
ribbon. 
